Officials recover man's body from aqueduct Thursday

The body was recovered after a bicyclist riding near the aqueduct in an area just north of Highway 395 and Eucalyptus Street reported that he thought he saw a body floating in the waters just after 9 p.m. Thursday.

The bicyclist followed along as the body floated in the current while San Bernardino County Sheriff’s and County Fire Departments personnel arrived. They confirmed a body was in the aqueduct, Victorville Sheriff’s Sgt. Shelly Kelly said.

The Sheriff’s Dive Team and a rescue unit were requested to recover the body from the waters. Details on the man were scarce, but he was described as a white man, according to Kelly, who said it’s still unknown how the man ended up in the water.

The name of the man is being withheld pending positive identification and notification of next of kin.

Kelly said personnel from the Sheriff-Coroner division was requested to respond. Further details were unavailable Thursday night.

The incident remains under investigation by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

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